Wow...fivenerds said:
Fantastic. This is great. It will help tons !! Thank you. Any other ideas are welcomed. My deadline is getting ever so near and I have ways to go.Moonwildflower said:
I did the harness like a vest. The sleeves and the clips help it stay on.
Hope this helps.
What else do you have left to do on Tal'i?fivenerds said:
Has anyone tried this guy's method of making the female chest piece?
Fem-Shep Chest Plate Molding
Gosh, if I stop to think about it I get nervouse. I have to do the shins (80%done), shoes, gloves, sleeves (tonight I will finish the forearm shell holder), gold necklace... hm... "now I am depressed". Lots to do.Moonwildflower said:
Don't get depressed. I find that making a list helps. It lets me know exactly what I have left to do and puts it all in perspective.fivenerds said:
For the shoes, do you plan on building on top of an existing pair?
I plan on making a shell for the shoes. In the picture I attached, you can see the rough paper shoes next to the shoes I may use. I have a list of things to do, but my problem is that I am a perfectionist ( see my masterchief armor).Moonwildflower said:
Ok maybe i'm retarded or something but there HAS GOT to be an easier way to make this stuff... I went on to Pepakura with a template someone had sent me and printed the crap out and cut it all up and put it together.. it looks like CRAP! So how did he make it look so good in his pictures?I'm not doing something right... this is insane.
AggieChick42 said:
Ok maybe i'm retarded or something but there HAS GOT to be an easier way to make this stuff... I went on to Pepakura with a template someone had sent me and printed the crap out and cut it all up and put it together.. it looks like CRAP! So how did he make it look so good in his pictures?
Have you looked at the Youtube videos on using Pepakura? the key is patience, accurate cutting and accurate folds. I sent you a comment in facebook.
AH HA I made my own chest plate without pepakura.... will send you picture later
Hey all!
Totally new here, but I'm doing a Tali costume for Dragon*Con. I have all the fabric components done, I'm doing the Mass Effect 1 version, but I'm having trouble finding a suitable clear visor base for the helmet. Can you throw me some suggestions?
Thanks so much!
misslindsay said:
Ah, the visor. It was a challange for me. I first tried purple plexiglass. This proved hard to reshape with heat. That was bad because the color was perfect. I did managed to heat it and reshape it, but it proved too britle and the shape was not perfect. Then my plan B was to use the correct vacuform clear plastic. It was easy to shape (using the stove oven and a home made vacuform box per youtube). Then I use dye to make it look purple. It did some of the job but I decided to spray it very lightly with the Tamiya model transparent purple paint. Lot of work but was happy with the result. Have to admit though, seeing through it is marginal but effective.
Latest update with Tali. I finishd the belts. They just need adjusting with the person that will be using the costume.
Your Tali costume is great, one of the best ones I have seen, if not the best! The helmet is amazing, did you use pepakura for the helmet? If so, do you still have access to the files? I have been looking everywhere and I have been unable to find them, just found a whole bunch of dead links
If you could help me out that would be great
CMNDR said:
Your Tali costume is great, one of the best ones I have seen, if not the best! The helmet is amazing, did you use pepakura for the helmet? If so, do you still have access to the files? I have been looking everywhere and I have been unable to find them, just found a whole bunch of dead links
If you could help me out that would be great
HI. thank you for your kind words. Yes, I am sure I can find the pepakura files. I ended making 4 helmets; first two way too small, third one too big, then the fourth one was ok. The helmet is very easy to make in pepakura. The challenge was the visor. The visor was hard for me. I will try to email you the file you want.
Latest on Tali. 24 more days to go, and still need to do some more work. here are some pictures.
Last edited by fivenerds; Jul 3, 2012 at 4:16 PM.
Done with the Shepard costume. Still working on the Tali. Only have around 20 days left for Baltimores Otakon !!!
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